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Francisco Domenech Uses His Background in Law and Politics to Lead Politank

Politank is a Puerto Rican-based consulting firm that provides businesses with legal and lobbying services. This firm facilitates linking their business clients with government agencies and helps them to navigate challenging public policy initiatives that impact their business. Politank has many Fortune 100 companies that have used the firm’s services to represent their interests in front of governmental agencies of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. The firm primarily focuses on representing their clients regarding legislative and regulatory policies. Visit crunchbase.com to learn more about Francisco.

Francisco Domenech is the Managing Partner of Politank. He is a lawyer with extensive political experience in Puerto Rico and on the U.S. mainland. As a college student at the University of Puerto Rico, Francisco studied political science and was President of the General Student Body Council, President of UPR’s College of Social Sciences Student Body, and an Academic Senator with the UPR Rio Piedras campus Academic Senate. He also attended UPR’s School of Law, where he twice competed in the Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition.

As a lawyer Francisco Domenech has represented clients and appeared before the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, Puerto Rico’s Court of Appeals, and Puerto Rico’s Supreme Court. Francisco was also a defendant in a case that reached Puerto Rico’s Supreme Court. The PRSC ruled in his favor in this case, which involved interpreting Puerto Rico’s 2009 Corporations Law.

Francisco is deeply involved in Puerto Rican politics that has spread to the U.S. mainland. His political activities include:

Being an active supporter of Puerto Rico becoming the 51st state of the U.S.

Being a former Democratic National Committeeman of the Young Democrats of America

Being a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 2004, 2008, 2012, and 2016

Being a former President of the Puerto Rico Young Democrats

Leading voter registration drives for Puerto Ricans in Florida

Working on numerous political campaigns, including Hillary Clinton’s 2008 and 2016 presidential campaigns

Francisco Domenech and his firm Politank is heavily involved in philanthropy. They contribute and actively support organizations such as the Hispanic Heritage Foundation, the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute, and the Washington Center for Internships and Academic Seminars. Charitable giving and a commitment to minority communities and businesses is a part of their mission. Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6EwMePZqTRQ